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t Several circumst He thought that the first cause of delay WAS, that the Lord Chawellor took a .different view of his duty than other Judges did. He not only decided on the law of the case, but he endeavoured to make up his mind as to 'controverted facts. Now lie (Mr. Peel) would ask, could any man condemn him be csese he felt it his duty to 'Make up his mind on the controverted facts of a case, or would any man blame him, because he de layed his decision till he could conscientiously form his mind on the facts stated. The next cause to which Mr. Montagu imputed the delay was, that in all cases of bankruptcy, there warn no appeal from the decision of the Lord Chancellor. The third and last causewas; to use the words of Mr. Montagu, the ronstitotion of the Chancellor's mind and his ultra anxiety to de cide the cause justly. Of the delay occurred from the indulgence of pleasure, or from any frivolous amusements, he should be the first man to speak with indignation of it; but if he saw a man devoting 12 or 14 hours out of every 24, to the performance of a public duty, lie would pass over with a very light hand the se veral faults Of him whose delay in pronouncing his decisions arose from an anxiety to decide the cause justly. In a ease where a bankrupt had been detained by a decision of the Court of King's Bench on a debt which amounted to 10,0001. application had been made to that Court to release him from confinement which Wae refused ; Mr. Montagu went to the Lord Chancellor, who had a conference with the Lord Chief Justife on the subject, and the result of it was the release of this man from confinement, which Mr. M. states he believes never would have taken place but for his communication with the Chancellor, and the man might have been in prison to this very day.---(Hear !)—lt did appear to him that the conduct of the Lord Chancellor was such as would entitle him to lasting honour. He conceived the House would not think he., overstepped his duty when he expressed himself in such warns terms of a man who had now arrived at the age of 78—who' had spent the last 20 years of his life in attending to the puLlic business of the Court, who, Although he was respon sible for some delay, had not a single voice raised against him to impeach the pure integrity of his conduct, nor had it been said that be had devoted the time which was the property of the pub lic to indulge in idle pleasures, or vain and frivolous amusements. Dr. LTISHINGTON observed, that as to whether any delay occurred between the setting down of a cause and the hearing, or between the hearing and the final judginent, on which the pro fessional conduct of the Chancellor had been blamed, were the very first points to which the Commissioners had directed their attention, and if they lir.d not attended to that inquiry, the most important subject in the case would have been left un touched. As to the conduct of the Lord Chancellor during the progress of this Commission, he did but discharge the debt of justice, when he said that throughout the whole of this investigation, he afforded the most material assistance, arid gave to the Commissioners all their best information.— As to matters of bankruptcy, it appeared to him that of all the systems that ever yet was established, the present system relating ti, the Commissioners of Bankrupts was the most ruinous to the salter and the country at large. When he saw seventy Commis sioners costing the country upwards of 20,0001. a year, several of whom were quite incompetent to act ; when he saw the Bank rupts' Estate nut administered as it ought to be ; he only discharged his duty to himself and his country when he stated he entirely disapproved of it altogether.—(Hear, hear !) Mr. BROUGHAM thought the Report of the Commission was 'very defective. He had searched it all through, and in none of 4 3 three principal division% could he find any allusion even to the cause of the mischief which arose from the delay. He wished to know whether the delay could be attributed to the system or to the manner in which .such a system warn carried on at the. Court of Chancery. He had no doubt that Mr. 11 Montagu expressed his real opinion, when he said, that the delay arose from an ultra anxiety on the part of the Lord Chan cellor to decide with integrity and justice. One of the ques tions asked by the Commissioners, namely—Could a man, if he were to sit from ten o'clock to four, get through all the business of the Court ?—had been very aptly answered by an Hon. Individual, who said that he thought it next to an impossibility for any than to do it ; even Übe were to sit for six hours in a day, six days in the 'Yea, and that too during nine months in the year. Mr. Shad well had said that three angels could not do it, and he had no doubt he Alluded to the Lord Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor, and the Master of the Bolls.—(A laugh.)—He would prefer the expe riment to be tried whether one man could or could not do the duty by sitting six hours every day, rather. than hear the suggestion of the i mpoaaibility of three angels doing it. He entirely agreed with the lion. Member for Durham when he suggested a separation of the judicial and political functions of the Lord Chancellor, and thereby enable suitors at his Court to obtain the advice of the first l 'w officer in the kingdom. It was his firm opinion that the at tendance of the Lord Chancellor to his political duties was one of the principal causes of the delay complained of. After a few observations from Mr. TINDAL, Mr. ABERCROMBY, 14 ' 1 ,*. Sc'ra N LZY, leave was given to brin g in the Bill. the Alehouse Licensing Bill was read a third time and paused. The ether orders of the Day were then disposed of. Mr. W. Wyss, in the absence of the Hight lion. Secretary for the Foreign Department, gave notice that he would move that the House ou its rising to-morrow should adjourn to Friday le'enight. The House then adjourned at Three o'Clock. • PRICES OP STOCKS Tin Bank Stock 2t 3 per Cent. lied. 7a1 ) 1 3 per Cent. Coni. .. ....... 713 if 31 per (: cut. Ditto lied B3l 4 per Cent. New WC 4 Ditto Scrip : did. par Kink Lung inn. India Stock — Ditto Bonds • PRICES OF FOREIGN F Austrian Bonds, sper cent. — Beazilian Bonds-- — Buenos Ages Bonds — Milian Bonds, 6 per cent. Colombian Bonds 39% Ditto, 1821 12 1!.1 7 1 Danish, 3 per cent. s3ji Greek Bonds — Ditto, 1826 — Ouatimala — Mexican Bonds — Ditto, 1825 - - t;2!, l 5 2 PAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto Ex. BUIL, £l,OOO 241.... 8 10 8 pm. Ditto 5OO 2d.... 8 10 8 pm. ;Ditto Small Ditto Advertised Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for Account 7 711 8 7i NAVAL 'INTELLIGENCE. Pole:sawnTh. M. 18. Letters have been received from his / laiesty's ships Warspite and Volage, from Madeira, dated the 23d March ; but as lettere of a subsequent date had been previously received froth these chips at Teneriffe, their contents are the less interciting. The iarspite had proved to be a most magnificent man of war; 64 111 superbly, and beats N'olage on and off the wind. l etters hive also been received from the Druid and Galatea, 41 Ma deira, on their way to Barbadoes, and coast of Colombia. M at lb.—Sailed the Dutch sloop of war, Drank, to the east- Irsrd. Thia evening, went out of harbour, his Majesty's ship Blonde, and anchored in the Sound. MAY I 8, —Arrived his Majesty's cutter Nightingale, Lieut. ait ehin, from Falmouth, and remains. ! 4AT 17 . —Ships in Harbour.—Britannia, Windsor Castle, Aurora, Forte, Java, Success, Trinculo, and Vigilant cutter. Under Mount Will—Nightingale. Iletwoen the Island and Main—Beagle. IL ' the Sound--Blonde and Adventure. [FROM LLOYDS.I ilk [FROM MAY IB.—Wind, 5.5.W.,--Arrived and sailed for the ' liv er, th e W aterley, Bruce, for Jamaica; Charles Brook, Bell, St. V incenta, and the Royalist, Cook, for the South Seas.— S 'ilod the Rawlins, RegMaden, for Jamaica, and not the Reco '"Y. for Bombay as reported yesterday. P6 RT B stotirtt, MAY lE.—Wind W.—Arrived the St. An lagw Deepar, f rom Si erra Leone, in 65 days. Sailed, in com• om• . Y with th e Si r William Wallace, for Liverpool, having the "wly of the late Governor Turner on board, and family. NPaLstotrut, MAY 17.—Wind W. to N.W.—Passed by the o, Taylor, from Sierra Leone, for Leith. L ivritYoo4 MAY 17.--. Wind N.W.—Arrived the Hercules, /1 "odel, from Buenos Ayres. Sailed 1 4 th February, the Coon -I'4 of Liverpool ; Mary Ann, and Margaret, were to sail on the "1; the John, an d th e D or i s , sailed on the 30th January, all fur this port. Also, arrived the Commerce, Ortt, from Malaga, 41 4 the Idris, Lancaster, from Campeachy. Arrived off Brighton, the Nepos, from Mauritius; sailed Pebrtu iry „ Arrived off Scilly, the Brilliant, Barton, from Havanna. th 'he Afri can was to sail from the Mauritius a few dare after , e 2 cl Feb rua y 1 4e ry ; the Wallace, and th e Pallas, were to sail a b out 20 th February, all for London. , hi k med a l h as been struck to General Foy, on c h the artist has represented him when at the point of death. Ir k t k e Planet Afars may now b e seen every even i ng ter, so uth-east. H e is equal in ma gn it u d e to Juin „,at'd of 11 true martial colour, bei ng a d eep re d . rof e h fri er , 1 eve good authority for assuring our . country of 11% that no alteration will be enacted this Session tt lu i p a ' L liarnent in the laws that regulate the butter ,to b;' Qin that a considerable improvement is intended by „-- in ,ade in the next session, accompanied, however, b utt - reuuction of 50 per cent. of the duty on foreign k ßri :'; This is a point of essential importance to the t ultutztl interests of Ireland, and should be deeply i eaaid e ,„ übli, ; `'" by the landowners, landholders, and the . lute is ` n general, during the interval between the fits tiev, ion of the old Parlianient and the meeting of the °fle t--Leinster Journal. td , * mi. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY )9, 1t326. Paris Papers to the 18th instant reached_ us last night ; their contents are not important. An article from Lisbon, in the Journal de Paris, contains a letter from Don MiGun'to his sister, the Princess Regent, expressing his affliction at the death of his father, and disclaiming any intention of inter fering with the Government of Portugal, or counte nancing any attempt which may be made to disturb the tranquillity of the Kingdom. The doubts expressed in some of the French Even ing Papers of the fall of Missolonghi are hardly worth noticing, as the accounts of that unfortunate event rest upon the best authority. The following are extracts of the Papers (From the Journal de Paris of Tuesday, May 16.) LISBON, APRIL 2.9. Last Friday, the 24th inst., M. de Merona presented his cre dentials as Charge d'AtTaires from the Court of France to our Go vernment, till the arrival of the Duke of Rauzan, the Envoy Ex traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary. On the 25th, the anniversary of the birth of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, the forts and vessels in the harbour fired salutes and displayed their colours, as usual on these occasions. The courier sent to Vienna with the news of the death of the King, returned to this capital on the 24th. According to his account, which is confirmed by the Baron de Villa Secca, our Ambassador, the Infant Don Miguel was seized with extremely violent nervous convulsions; however, when the courier left Vienna, on the 6th of April, his Royal Highness was much better. The following is the letter which the Prince wrote to his august sister 'the Princess Regent of Portugal, in answer to that which she wrote to him on the 10th of March, to announce to hint this fatal event : _ . "My Tender .Sister,--A prey to the most profound grief, caused by the irreparable loss which We have just experienced, toy desire is to see tranquillity prevail in our country, and to respect the sovereign decisions of 'our dear father and master, whom it has pleased God to call to himself; and though the fi delity which the Portuguese nation has always observed towards its Sovereigns be unalterable, it is, however,' possible that evil-minded persons, actuated by sinister end reprihensitile views, may seek to excite in the kingdom criminal commotions, perhaps making use of my name to cover their perfidious views. - " Under these circumstances, and considering the distance which separates me from Portugal, I have thought that it was not only suitable, but absolutely neceesary;to expreNs, by th e on ly m e ans in my power, that, far from authorising, diiectlY or indirectly, any seditious machinations, tending to disturb the tranquillity of our country, I positively declare that nobody respects more than I do the last will of our august father and master ; and that I shall always disapprove every thing that shall not be conformable to the dispositions of the decree of the 6th March of the present year, by which his Majesty the Emperor and King so wisely provided for the public administration, by creating a Junta of Government for these kingdoms, till his legitimate heir and successor, who is our dear brother and master, the Emperor of Brazil, shall have provided for it as he, in his wisdom, shall see fit. "I beg you, therefore, my tender sister, in the improbable case that any one should dare rashly to abuse my name, to serve as a cover to projects subversive of good order, and of the legal exist— ence of the Government established by him who had the incon testible right to do So, to take care to cause to be published and declared, when, how, and where you shall please, by virtue of the present letter, the just sentiments which it contains, which spon taneously emanated from my heart, and are inspired by th e fidelit y and respect due to the memory of the last will of 'our dear father and sovereign. " I pray to God, my tender sister, to preserve you for a long series of years, &c. &c. (Signed) " MIGUEL. " Vienna, April 6,1826." (From the Courier Francais.) " The Evening Papers endeavour to call in questiOn the taking of Blissolonghi. They oppose to thi s f a t a l news only letters, of which they give neither the source nor the date. Would to God they might be right, and that we may have been led into an error. The news of the taking of Miasoloughi was brought on Friday night, to Sir F. Adam, now at Paris. Ile received a Courier from Corfu, by way of Ancona, bringing delpatcbes, which, it is said, contained an account of the Wang of Missolongbi, given to an Englishman of rank by a Greek, who escaped from the massacre of the inhabitants of the city. We subjoin the se counts which we lave been abl,y to collect to-day, and which bear marks of probability:— .4 ':One of the - defenders of Missolonghi who escaped, by a miracle, the general massacre, relates, that famine had been more fatal than all the effiwts of the Barbarians. It seems, that for a fortnight, the inhabitants were reduced to the must dread ful want. DUritez this whole time, they existed on the moat disgusting - aliments. Their hope wail kept alive by the ap pearance of part df the Greek Fleet, which cruised opposite the town, and made every day some new attempt to take .possession of Vassiladi, or the entrance to some canal, in order to send moieties to Missolonghi. Unhappily, none of the fire ships which were launched took effect, and the .9reeli ships were Much too weak to contend with the large . Egyptian men of war, or to expose themselves . to the fire of a battery on shore. After having held out till the torments of famine became insup portable, and after a council held by the chiefs, it was resolved, that in the night of the 22d, four corps, formed of warriors, in the centre of whom the women and children should be placed, should succesfully sally from the town, and endeavour to pass through the enemy's line, and reach the mountains of Etolia.--;- The unfortunate people thought they acted in concert with Ka raiskaki, and that by means of a simultaneous attack they might leave a place which was no longer tenable. But whether they were betrayed, or whether fate had so decreed, they put their plan in execution at 11 at night, on a signal Which they thought was agreed upon, and the first corps came directly opposite to a masked battery, and was almost entirely destroyed by the grape shot. About 100 men who escaped took refuge behind some ruins, where they sold their lives dear. The other three corps, terrified by the fate of the flower of their warriors, endeavoured to return into Missolonghi, but the confusion was great, and the place without defence ; the Turks soon penetrated into it. It was now one o'clock in the morning. All able to bear arms were massacred without mercy; only the women and children, to the number of 4,000, were spared to be sold as slaves.'" The Etoile, dated Wednesday, May 17, has no news. The Mo niteur gives a list of one Archbishop and 24 Bishops who have ad hered to the declaration of April 3, in addition to the 45 who had already expressed their assent to it. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, M - AY 16.—Fire per Ceuta. 96f. 25e. ;—Three per Cents. 64f. 20c.—Bank Stock, 2,010 f Neapolitan Bente', 73f. 40c.—Royal Spanish Loan, 441. — Exchange on London, one month, 25f. 55c. ; three months, 25f. Sac.— Court Authentique. Dutch Papers to the 18th instant, were received lasi night, by express. The following are extracts : UTRVCITT, May 10. " Major-General Hennepin, of the Engineers, who was im plicated in the affair of Colonel Lohry, relative to the fortifications, and was here under arrest on that aevount, committed suicide this morning. " RACITZ, MAY 16. " His Majesty, our beloved Sovereign, being now entirely re covered, to the great joy of his subjects, attended Divine Service on Whitsunday, in the Klooeter Church; and, as we hear, will go, at the beginning of next week, to the Loo. " It is confidently affirmed, that the new negociations com menced between our Government and the Court of Rome, give hopes that the obstacles will be removed which have hitherto pre vented a final arrangement with respect to the affairs of the Ro man Catholic Worship in the kingdom of the Netherlands. " nytussims, MAY 12. " On the 9th, at three in the afternoon, the lightning struck the steeple of the Church of Floreffes, and set it on fire, but for tunately it was soon extinguished. " The eCtitraot for making the Canal of Charleroy has been approved by his Majesty, and the contractors have already given security. " SCRIP:DAM, MAY 16. " On the 18th, with the permission of the Magistrates, there is to be a . grand concert of vocal and instrumental music, in the Dutch Reformed Church, for the benefit of the Greeks." The proceedings of the House of Peers last night, did not possess any feature of striking interest. Some discussion relative to the Corn Laws, on the presen tation of a Petition, took place, in the course of which the Eail of LIVERPOOL again stated, that the ques tion would be completely open for determination next Session—whether the prohibitory system should be continued, or the importation allowed under a gra duated duty. During the discussion, of the Criminal Law Bill, (some clauses of which sanctioning the pay ment of the expenses of prosecutors were objected to by Lord MAL:11E8111.111Y, as adding to the hurthens of the Land Owners,) Lord LIVERPOOL admitted, that it was to be regretted that such expellees, and the Poor Rates generally, did not fall on every species of property. The variety of subjects which occupied the House of Commons last night, and the great length of the Debate, prevent our attempting to give an analysis of the Proceedings and. Speeches. Mr. CANNING would not be induced, by the repe tition of the question before put by Lord MILTON, to say whether Ministers had any intention of granting relief to the distressed Districts by a . Parliamentary Vote, but reserved the statement of the course of policy which would be recommended to the House, till the Motion of Mr. P. Mooitz, which stands for this even ing, should come on. The A TTORNEYrG ENER A L obtained leave to bring in a Bill, to carry into effect the recommendations of the Commission on the Practice of the Court of Chancery. The Learned Gentleman prefaced his motion by a speech of great eloquence and power of argument, in which he satisEctorily showed the evils of some of the existing forms of the Court of Chan cery, and the benefits which would result from the adoption of the recommendations which had been made; after a long and laborious investigation of this most difficult subject, by the Committee, composed of the most Learned and able of the Profession. The principal objection urged by Mr. J. WILLTays, Mr.l M. A. TAYLOR, Mr. BROUGHAM, &c. was, that the Report did not go far enough. Mr.. PEEL sliewed, that by other persons the Report was. censuo as going too far, as throwing discredit on our Ahcient Institutions, and encouraging innovation ; and he argued, that as he found the Report did not give satisfaction to those who entertained extreme opinions, he must conclude that it steered happily between these extremes, and treated the subject fairly,.candidly, and with rigid impartiality. The Right Hon. Gentleman pronounced a warm panegyric on the LORD CHAN-, CELLOR, who, he stated, on all occasions had listen ed to the accusations- of error in his Court, .and lent his aid to reform them with a readiness which entitled him to lasting honour. The Bill is, however, to stand over till next Session, so that abundant time for c onsideration, and op portunities for the discussion of its clauses, will be afforded. Mr. W. WYNN gave notice, on the part of Mr. CANNING, of his intention to wove that the !louse, on its rising this day, should adjourn to this day week. The Session may consequently be considered as vir tually closing this evening. We firathat an Address was carried in the House of COMIIIOII3 last night, praying ,‘ That the attention of his Majesty's Government may be cortinued to. wards procuring the most extensive and definite infor mation respecting the prices of Foreign Corn • and Grain ; and that, in their communications with his Majesty's Consuls abroad, it should be required that every circumstance affecting the passage of Corn through the sever a l p o rts o f E ur op e , whether levied in the shape of transit duty in the interior,' or of charge at the outßorts, should, be specifically and distinctly explained. We are far from wishing to fetter the aspirants to legislative fame, by discouraging their exertions to procure seats in Parliament ; nay, if such be honour able men, and friends to the King and Constitution, we should be the first to applaud their laudable am bition. But our attention has been called to a subject which requires peCuliar notice, and to which we shall direct the attention of the Electors of the United Kingdom—we allude to the practice of starting a can didate for the representation of a county, town,i or city, without the slightest chance of success—for the express purpose of driving others to an expeuce. In this light do we view the intended contests in-several places, where subscriptions are to be raised from a great number to support oppositions, which can have no other effect than that of dragging a few thousands from the pockets of individuals. We .are at a loss to designate such conduct : the moral turpitude, the cold-hearted motive, the deliberate guilt of such a pro ceeding, is scarcely less than that of the more fraudu lent offender against the laws who publicly robs his neighbour of his watch or coin; for the wanton can didate has no other tatisfaction than that of gratifying an envious disposition—a passion as baSe as it is mis chievous. We shall watch the progress of several of these con spiracies against the property of individuals, and shall not scruple to expose them ; and we would suggest the propriety of meeting such attempts on even ground. If a candidate who has no chance of success be started, by subscription, to vex and harass those who possess the confidence of the electors, he should be met by subscription ; for it is notorious that valuable men have occasionally been induced to withdraw, rather than expend a fortune in contesting with persons who are contemptible as opponents, disreputable as friends, and degraded as members of society: by means of such it is impossible to alter the voice of the electors, but it is easy to cause a waste of 20 or 30,0001. Such men being comparatively pennyless themselves, nevertheless find crafty men, .who will gain by a contest thrice the sum they subscribe, ready enough to set it on foot, and dupes in plenty to follow the example. It mat ters not who the candidate may be, the prime movers are the knaves who profit, and the political enthusiasts are the fools who pay the piper ;we say that such oppositions as cannot be justified by the rank, talent, or other claims of the Candidate, are highly reprehensible, and reflect discredit on every party concerned. We have great pleasure in giving a place in our columns to a very ,sensible letter from a female Cor respondent, on the subject of the too common prac tice of Ladies and their Grooms riding alongside of each other. We have observed the recent prevalence of this most improper custom in the Parks, and although, as a general principle, we do not approve of publishing to the world the name of every indivi dual who may be guilty of an act of indiscretion, we consider the breach of decorum in the instance alluded to by our Correspdndent, to be so great and so pernicious in its consequences, , that we shall not hesitate to let the public know the names of the Ladies who, after this warning, may continue to ex hibit such a proof of want of modesty and female pro priety. Letters have been received from Constantinople to the Ist April, bringing accounts from Smyrna of the 23d and 25th March, which state that in consequence of the danger in the Arches, con voy would be granted to the vessels through that sea, and it is believed this will take place once a month. Upwards of two hundred vessels have arrived with the southerly winds, and bring accounts of continued piracy and robbery committed by the Greeks. The English flag has, however, hitherto escaped better than any other. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(THIS DAY.) ORI)EIIS OF THE ITAY• I. Westminster Improvement , 2. Sessional A thiresses—lteport thereupon. 3. Parochial Clergy Residence Bill—Third reading. 4. Upper Canada Election Bill—Third reading. 5. Campbell's Naturalization'Bill—Second reading. NOTICES OF MOTIONS. 1. Mr. Brougham—Motion fur bettering the condition of Slaves. 2. Mr. Peter Moor.l—TO 1n0W.3 a Grunt of Public Money for the relief of local distresS. 3. Lord John Russell—Resolutions relating to Bribery and Col , ruution at Elections. - 4. - Mr. Ber.ial—Returns, British Shipping. 5. Mr.' Secretary Canning—To tnuvc Adjournment of the !louse to Friday 26.11 May. The Lottery now on Sale is the Last that will ever be allowed in this kingdom. The price of Tickets and Shares will rise in a few days. There are Six of £30,000. All to be drawn in One Day. NDS AT ONE O'CLOCK. Neapolitan, 182$ Peruvian Bonds. — Portuguese Bonds — PrusaL.n, 5 per cent. Ditto, Now — Russian, New, 5 per cent. ...lAN 5 Spanish, 1821, 5 per cent. ... 714 8 liz3 — 'French Renttu, 5 p. c. Rif —c. —..-..- Exchange 2sf. 50c. —3 per cent. =Exchange —l. —c. PRICES OF SHARES AT ONE 0 CLOCK. Paid. ' Per Share. Anglo Mexican Mining Company £so 30 271 British Iron Mining Company 3O Gwenappe 1 and Copper Mining Comp 5 5 Pasco Peruvian Mining Company l5 . g il Real del Monte Mining Comp any lOO Ditto New lOO 60 United Mexican Mining Company 2O II Welch Iron and Coal Minin g C ompany 2 Birmingham and Liverpool Kailway 9 10 9 Australian Company 6 10 12 11 Canal Gas Engine.C.mnpi.ny 1 I% Gus Engine Carriage Company i 614 7 Hibernian Joint Stock B.tnking Compuny 25 IS 16 Pearl Fishery, Yellow ‘4 4k; PRICE OF IRISH STOCKS, MAY 16. Bank Stock Gov. Stock, :II per cent. Ditto, New 4 per Cont. New MN ' Patriotic Ditto 4f di — s. Gov. Deb. 3* per cent 1)0 t Hibernian Bank — Consols, 3 per cent --. Provincial Ditto Royal Canal Stock Grand Can,l Stock — Imerial Mine — City Deb. 4 per cent. .— Fis h Shares — Ballast Office Deb. 4 per cent. New Brighton MAILS. Arrived Due. Arrived. Du 1 Dublin 1 Waterford 0 0 Jamaica 0 O Guernsey & Jersey. 0 0 Leeward Islands 0 Lisbon 1 0 Malta 0 O Gottenburgh 2 0 America I O Hamburgli O Holland 1 0 Buenos Ayres 1 France HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-NIORROW. Morning . 3B minutes after 0. I Evening ....... J minutes after 1 THE FUNDS. City, 12 o' Clock Consols opened this morning at 71k, with . a heavy appearance; they have since continued at 77n, with rather a steady market, but without any extensive busines doing. Three per Cent. Consols, 7711; Ditto, for July, 781, 771, 78; India Bonds, 9, 10, pm. ; Exchequer Bills, 9, 10, pm. ; Four per Cent. Scrip, 1 dis., par; Brazilian, 551 ; Buenos Ayres, 68, 60 ; Chilian, 40, 2 ; Colombian, 1822, 39, 40 ; Ditto, 1824, 411, 42 ; Danish, 531, t; Mexican, 5 per Cent., 51, 8; Ditto, 6 per Cent., 611, 2 ; Peruvian, 30, 8 ; Itufaian, 741 to bi; Greek, 141, 151. Minn.—Anglo Mexican, 171, di.. ; 18, 11, dia.; Bolivar, 5,7, pm. ; Chilian, 4, . 1 ), pm ; Paaca Peruvian, 101, 9i, dis. ; United Mexican, 1 dir., liar. City, Two o' Clock. Consols are a *bade bettor, and may he quoted at 77 78 ; and for next Account at 78 3e buyerw. Scarcely any thing doing in the Foreign Funds. Prince Leopold arrived at his residence in pall 4 mall yesterday afternoon from his seat at Claremont. Yesterday the Duchess of Gloucester visited the Princess Augusta. The Earl of Clanwilliam, Ambassador to the King of Prussia, arrived at the Foreign Office in Downing street yesterday morning, from Embassy at Berlin, on leave of absence. Mr. Secretary Canning arrived at his residence Downing -street, on Wednesday night, from Brighton. Dispatches were received yesterday at the Foreign Office from Lord Granville, our Ambassador at Pans. Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir Chas. Colville,' G.C.8., late Commander-in-Chief at Bombay, arrived in town on Monday last. Yesterday, the remains of Mr. Alexander Rus se ll were deposited in one of the vaults of the new MarTlebone Church. Mr. Hassell was aged 66, and had been 43 years in the East India Company's Medical Service; a long train of carriages bore testimony to the estimation in which he had been held by a numerous acqiisint ance. An Oriental contempt of money, end genuine hospitality, prevented his accumulating a large fortune; but having made handsome competence, he returned to this country about ten year s ago, with the view of passing the rest of his life amongst his friends. Finding, however, a near relation involved in pecuniary difficulties, with a princely magnificence he gave him the whole of what he had saved, and went back to India to make more. He returned the second time last year, but unfortunately did not live lung to enjoy his second fortune. The pu p ils Madame Carnpan h ave h a d a me d a l struck to memory; on the reverse is the inscription, " Its chits d'Breurt a Zeiss` surintendante." LAW INTELLIGENCE. ,00 . i ltd • p-1. , COURT OF COADION PLEAS--(Tirta D 7 44 • 13efore Me Lord Chief Juatice and et Special Wiity l In calling over the narak Of the Special 40 , •, The Justice- ordered eleven to 1 . •i*••••:0(i in OfritOilldt7 of ten pounds each. Several othera were ex- windier toniroppear mice, on the grounds of absence from I .4.44ter Aping „ prayed for, the Jnry were sworn in. • LOUWiltit. V. LORI) ki NM:TOW. • This was an action against the defendant. the per gJai l repre sentative of the Dowager Lady Kingston, for geode sold and •ch, livered. It appeared that Ludy Kingston liad .residol in Hoe hampton from June 18521 till February 1623, dutqoa which time the plaintiff supplied her horses with hay s , Straw, ead.o a t i , the present demand was for the supply given in, the first y ear , and amounted to 8361., but-as receipts for anisequent isaytne,nts tad been produced on part of the defendant, the Lord Chief Justice told the Jury that there was sufficient to imply payment for4the previous supply, whereupon Sergeant Vaughan consented to a nonsuit. GENERAL EL-16:1;10N. The County of Caithness is to be contested :...the candidates are the eldest son of Sir John Sinclair and the Hon. James Sinclair, brother to the Earl of Caithness. The County of Cromarty will be .closely run 'be tween Mr. Macleod, younger, of Cadboll, and, Mr. Duncan Davidson, younger, 'of Tulloch. It is said that there is to he no oppOsition to Capt. Wemysa, R. N., by the. Whigs of Fife, In Inverness-shire there will be lots of candidates. • . The Right Hon. Charles Grant is to be opposed by Lord Macdonald, Col. Bailey, and Mr. Mzcleod, 4' Macleod ; but it is a mistake, into which some people . have been led, that there are two members for that. or for any Scots county. Mr. Grant's friends have no . apprehension as to the result. . . Mr. Grant's brother, Mr. Robert Grant, has Be -1 cured the Inverness district of Burghs. In Ross-shire a contest was expected between the - present member Sir James W. and Sir Francis A. Mackenzie ; but Sir James has lately been appointed Lord Lieutenant of the count•, and we have not heard whether he will he inclined to undertake those two important offices. HEREFORD.—it is said that Lord Eastuor will` not contest the election, and that Mr. Clive and Mr. Blakemore will come in without opposition. Doubt less Mr. Flak-e-more will oppose the slave trade. PRESTOL—Cobbet and his friends have been here making a great bustle ; report says the light-fingered gentry were particularly on the alert. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.- Stet--I hope you will allow me, through the me dium of your excellent paper, to notice a practice which I could wish, for the honour and respectability of many an amiable family, . were abolished. lam a frequent perambulator in the Parks, between the un fashionable hours of ten and three, during which pc riod it is too often my sorrow to observe some peraons— apparently ladies—well dressed and well mounted, and really seeming to possess the modesty and manners of gentlewomen, riding in the most familiar way by the side of their grooms; and this not for the sake of pro tection, but conversation, as these ladies appear per fect mistresses of the equ e stri a n ar t. At first, when this scandalous revolt from all the laws of decorum presented itself before nut, I felt convinced that some accidental occurrence must have occasioned a tit cumstance so derogatory ; but, to my chagrin and astonishment, the disgraceful scene was repeated the, following day, and still continues to annoy me and disgrace them. No one, Sir, is a g:eater advocate for this delightful exercise than myself; but I am of 'Opinion no woman should attempt to ride in pub lic, unless idle is perfect mistress of her horse, and can controul him without the close attendance or interference of her servant. To what can the impro-, priety of which I complain lead, but to' the most shocking consequences, which must ultimately tend to the rum and misery of every girl who is - thus easily initiated into a low society. The fault must, I fear, originate with the parents, and perhaps it. sometimes happens that the over-cautious mother warns. her daughter against the dangers she may incur by not taking sufficient care to guard against any sudden or unexpected turbulence of the noble animal which bears her weight ;—this may induce the young lady to desire the groom to ride nearer to her than the laws of female modesty and propriety can sanction, and she may , unhappily have a -taste for, volubility whi c h must eihaust itself somewhere—she of course enters into conversation' with the man who accompanies her. Can mothers, who' allow their daughters thus earltin life to lose the feelings of distinction that Ought to exist between mistre ss an d servant, wonder that the poor girls .ahould, in after life, blot their fair name by deeds that sunder them from - all virtuous society. ? Our newspapers are too frequently the records of de pravity, which prove how easily the female minctretro grades from the strict path of honour and virtue ; it would be Cruel to suppose any woman naturally prone to deviate from rectitude ; it depends generally upon the society into which, she is thrown. In the nursery too little regard is often paid to the earliest iinpres tiaras ; and, as the infant mind gradually unfolds, flat tery, or vicious example, orconversation,mayeven in the drawing-room—lay the foundation for a future want of principle and modesty. Thus too frequently' is the first barrier overthrown,' and it such should be the ease, how easily will every other mischief follow, when the society of those, who are by birth and °du; cation our inferiors, is no longer regarded as degrading or improper.—l do trust this may be the l as t time shall have occasion to trouble you with a letter upon this subject ; and I hope in future the young ladies, who have so scandalized my womanly, feelings, will command their grooms. to keep at a proper distance.— ] am, Sir, your most obedient, London, May 18, 1828. A MOTHER, THEATrimi.--The deserved popu'arity of Aft. ' Brabam was manifested last night at Covent-Garden Theatre, b 7. • brilliant and crowded an audience as ever assembled within aka walls, and the di s ti ngu i s h e d vocal i st was greeted; on his ap pearance, in the musical play of The Slave, with enthusiastic cheers. The performance of this piece afforded Cooper an °ppm tonitY of diltinguishing himself in the character which Wiserady had made hie owe ; and Miss Paton, but for her intolerable tea. tatikm, would h a ve acqu i tted hersel f well as the fi?lntle "hive het in her song of Sou of Freedom, one of those slight interruptions., which are incident to very crowded houses; offended her LadY4* who turned her back upon the audience, and walked off the OP' We congratulate ber on the forbearance of a British tudiaooej,7: her betters have been Beier* punished for a iess Arno. __.: Brabant Was in fine voice, and, in most-of 'Madame Vestrie came in for, dter we ll - eirheeil'OYe style pe er, 4 %4. - Moschella performed a Concerto - ou , the' t i t . , „ liarly his own, and Mr. Parry and hiveoregtve; ab Mary Ann" with varietionir on the' britip*lr un rse anpl„„, a taste, execution; and effect, that drew do Lite Below The entertainments finished with " Hain .d t o attract crowns of spectators, in a Mr. Leas Cogniet • it is said is the burning of Moscow, Mr. The French Pap e rs speak bighlY of a Painting by the Louvre. The subject painto flirt is known as the of the "Massacre der INoloo4ni,